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• Antisemitism Rose More Than 80% in Germany Last Year, Watchdog Says

  25-06-2024 16:59 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportAntisemitic incidents in Germany, from graffiti to attempted arson, rose 83% last year, watchdog RIAS said Tuesday. The incidents surged after the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and Israel's military response in Gaza. Around half the 4,782 recorded antisemitic incidents were linked to anti-Israel activism, with many involving a relativization or denial of the Nazi Holocaust in which 6 million Jews were killed—an especially sensitive subject...
  
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• ‘The teachers would refer to boys, girls – and you’: trans philosopher Paul B Preciado on reinventing Orlando

  03-07-2024 18:04
  
  He was mentored by Jacques Derrida, amd his memoir about taking hormones broke new ground. Now, Preciado’s radical cinematic riff on Virginia Woolf’s novel explores a life spent defying the gender binaryIn the opening seconds of Orlando: My Political Biography, a shadowy figure in a quiet city street says: “Someone once asked me, ‘Why don’t you write your autobiography?’ And I replied, ‘Because Virginia Woolf fucking wrote it for me in 1928.’&rdquo
  
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• All the rage: women are furious – and repressing it can ruin our lives

  03-07-2024 06:00
  
  By 2021, women around the world were 6% angrier than men, a gap that widened during the pandemic. Dr Jennifer Cox says it is time to let it all out“Oh my God, I love a scream,” says Dr Jennifer Cox, her face lighting up. “Screaming underwater, I recommend. It’s amazing. It’s so liberating and no one can hear.”The same is true for standing on a motorway bridge and venting your pent-up rage and frustration into the roar of the traffic underneath. Or, at a pinch,
  
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• Your Diet at 40 May Affect How Healthy You Are at 70, Study Finds

  02-07-2024 16:26 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google News - HealthIf you eat well now, you may live better later. Specifically, a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and unsaturated fats in midlife can improve the chances of good mental and physical health decades later, a new report shows. Harvard researchers analyzed 30 years of data on over 106,000 participants, and what they found was dramatic. People with a healthy diet had 43-84% better chances of aging well compared with those who did not.
  
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• U.S. Approves 2nd Alzheimer's Drug That Can Modestly Slow Dementia

  02-07-2024 16:26 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: PBS HealthU.S. officials have approved another Alzheimer's drug that can modestly slow the disease, providing a new option for patients in the early stages of the incurable, memory-destroying ailment. The Food and Drug Administration approved Eli Lilly's Kisunla on Tuesday for mild or early cases of dementia caused by Alzheimer's. It's only the second drug that's been convincingly shown to delay cognitive decline in such patients.
  
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• be hopeful, be strong, be brave, be curious: a Review

  02-07-2024 15:26 via positivepsychologynews.com
  By Kathryn Britton -
  Are you wondering what to do next, how to get unstuck, how to get out of a slump?  Are you unsure how to take the next best step in a meaningful life? Perhaps Ruth Pearce’s new book, be hopeful, be strong, be brave, be curious, will help you find the way forward. It can also do something else.  It can help you figure out whether you are ready to hire a coach to help you make progress.Ruth S. PearceThe author, Ruth Pearce, has been coached and is a coach
  
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• be hopeful, be strong, be brave, be curious

  02-07-2024 15:26 via positivepsychologynews.com
  By Kathryn Britton -
  Are you wondering what to do next, how to get unstuck, how to get out of a slump?  Are you unsure how to take the next best step in a meaningful life? Perhaps Ruth Pearce’s new book, be hopeful, be strong, be brave, be curious, will help you find the way forward. It can also do something else.  It can help you figure out whether you are ready to hire a coach to help you make progress.Ruth S. PearceThe author, Ruth Pearce, has been coached and is a coach
  
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• "Smart" Prosthetic Legs Help Create Natural Gait

  02-07-2024 09:14 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health News"Smart" prosthetic legs can help amputees achieve a somewhat natural walking gait based on algorithms that drive the limb forward at predetermined rates, but MIT researchers have found a better way to go. An experimental surgical procedure combined with a cutting-edge robotic limb can restore a completely natural walking gait, fully driven by a person's own nervous system, researchers reported in Monday's issue of the journal Nature Medicine.
  
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• Interventions Can Help People With Gaming Disorder Press Pause

  02-07-2024 09:14 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: APA MonitorAn estimated 76% of under-18-year-olds and 67% of adults play video games in the U.S. "Esports," or competitive video gaming, is a fast-growing activity among students across the country. Yet, for some people, video games can be addictive. In 2018, the World Health Organization added gaming disorder to the International Classification of Diseases, and in 2022, a meta-analysis of 61 studies across 29 countries found GD in 8.5% of males and 3.5%...
  
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• Current Screening Might Miss Prostate Cancer in Transgender Women

  02-07-2024 09:14 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportCurrent screening standards could miss early-stage prostate cancer in transgender women, warns a study published June 26 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Prostate cancer blood tests look for high levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), but the estrogen many transgender women take as part of their gender-affirming care sharply lowers PSA levels, which means that the threshold for detecting cancer may be too high for trans...
  
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• AI Is Learning From What You Posted on Facebook. Are You OK With That?

  02-07-2024 09:14 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportPost a comment on Reddit, answer coding questions on Stack Overflow, edit a Wikipedia entry, or share a baby photo on your public Facebook or Instagram feed and you are also helping to train the next generation of artificial intelligence. Not everyone is OK with that — especially because the same online forums where they've spent years contributing are increasingly flooded with AI-generated commentary mimicking what real humans might say.
  
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• U.N. Adopts Chinese Resolution with U.S. Support on Closing AI Gaps

  02-07-2024 09:13 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportThe U.N. General Assembly adopted a Chinese-sponsored resolution with U.S. support urging wealthy developed nations to close the widening gap with developing countries and ensure that they have equal opportunities to use and benefit from artificial intelligence. The resolution approved Monday follows the March 21 adoption of the first U.N. resolution on artificial intelligence, led by the United States and co-sponsored by 123 countries,...
  
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• Psychology's Role in Developing Pioneering Prosthetics

  02-07-2024 09:13 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: APA MonitorThe oldest known prosthetic device was a 3,000-year-old toe made out of leather and wood for the daughter of an Egyptian priest. In the centuries since, advances in engineering and neuroscience have led to prosthetics that were once the stuff of science fiction. Experimental models are even beginning to restore the sense of touch. But there is a lot more to prosthetics than gizmos, gadgets, and conduits to the nervous system—psychology...
  
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• Advocates for Reparations Say Dutch Slavery Apologies Not Enough

  02-07-2024 09:08 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportAs the Netherlands marks on Monday 161 years since the abolition of slavery, activists have questioned the sincerity of recent apologies by Dutch authorities. In 2022, then-Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologized for the Dutch role in slavery, and King Willem-Alexander followed suit last July. But the government has ruled out reparations, instead offering 200 million euros to promote social initiatives in the Netherlands, the Dutch Caribbean, and...
  
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• How a solo retreat helped trelight my creative fire

  30-06-2024 14:00
  
  It felt selfish, but at home I couldn’t finish a thought without being interrupted by my kids – so I packed my bags and headed to the coastAs the windscreen wipers cut back and forth, and my house disappeared in the rear-view mirror, I wondered if I was going to cry. I tried reminding myself that I was on my way to do something lovely: I’d booked a three-night stay at a hotel in Devon to work on my novel: my first ever solo writing retreat.I was driving away from a world of cha
  
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• U.S. Public Perception of Scientists' Credibility Slips, Survey Analysis Finds

  30-06-2024 08:14 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top SocietyNew survey findings from the Annenberg Public Policy Center suggest that public perceptions of scientists' credibility remain high but have slipped somewhat over the past year. A 2024 survey also found that the general public considers artificial intelligence scientists less credible than scientists in general, with notably fewer people saying that AI scientists are competent, trustworthy, and "share my values."
  
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• Biden Praises "Beloved" Bar's Role in Gay History During Site Unveiling

  30-06-2024 08:14 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsThe Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center opened its doors Friday, coinciding with the 55th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, a historic moment in the LGBTQ rights movement. The visitors center, which is the first LGBTQ-centered monument within the National Park Service, is a project led by New York nonprofit Pride Live and encompasses 2,100 square feet at 51 Christopher Street in New York City.
  
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• U.S. High Court Overturns 40-Year Ruling in Huge Win for Corporations

  30-06-2024 08:12 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Huff Post Environment The Supreme Court's conservative supermajority upended decades of precedent governing the ability of federal agencies to set regulations in a ruling on Friday. The court's decision, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, overturns its 1984 finding in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, and will cause a sea change in how federal agencies are able to regulate everything from climate change to artificial intelligence to labor practices.
  
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• Texas Top Court Upholds Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors

  30-06-2024 08:12 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google News - HealthThe Texas Supreme Court upheld the state's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youths Friday, rejecting pleas from parents that it violates their right to decide on and seek medical care for their children. The 8-1 ruling from the all-Republican court leaves in place a law that has been in effect since Sept. 1, 2023. Texas is the largest state that has adopted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender...
  
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• Coming of Age: How Adolescence Shapes Us by Lucy Foulkes review – deep dive into the teenage mind

  30-06-2024 08:00
  
  An academic psychologist’s insightful and compassionate study of adolescence is expertly presented, plotting out harmful as well as helpful transitions into adulthoodI had just emerged from my own teenage years when I first read Joan Didion’s essay On Keeping a Notebook. Two sentences earned a mark in pen: “I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and su
  
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• ‘Clearly, I have no rizz’: can a 60-year-old misanthrope polish up his pulling power?

  29-06-2024 11:00
  
  Love Islanders have it, daters want it and TikTok influencers will teach you how to get it – but rizz (a close cousin of charisma) is hard to fabricateAt the end of 2023, the Oxford University Press chose “rizz” as its word of the year. Rizz, which topped a shortlist that included “Swiftie”, “parasocial” and ‘“situationship”, is defined by the OUP as a noun denoting “style, charm, or attractiveness; the ability to attract a romant
  
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• Keir Starmer’s most personal interview yet, the woman who gave birth to her granddaughter, and why do we have the dreams we do?– podcast

  29-06-2024 06:00
  
  Charlotte Edwardes interviews the Labour leader as he closes in on power, but who exactly is the man who wants to run Britain? Plus the extraordinary story of the woman who stepped in as a surrogate for her daughter’s baby, and Sam Pyrah examines the latest scientific understanding about why we dream what we do Continue reading...
  
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• A game of few laughs? Sports psychologist says joy is England’s missing ingredient

  28-06-2024 18:00
  
  Lacklustre Euro 2024 performances may prompt faddish quick fixes but the real key to success may lie in replacing fear with the fun players felt as 10-year-oldsSporting success isn’t down to pickle juice, according to a leading sports psychologist. The secret isn’t to be found in the inflatable unicorns England’s players famously mounted to recuperate in the pool. Or the £3,400 electric bikes they pedalled to boost their post-match recovery. It’s not even about the
  
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• ‘Shaking it off’: the science of dad dancing – and why it’s good for you

  28-06-2024 14:48
  
  Viral video of Prince William prompts experts to laud benefits of men ‘communicating their hormones’, from lifting mood to boosting trustIn his early 20s, Prince William was often seen stumbling out of night clubs after a night of grooving. Now, however, as though a clock has struck 12, this youthful cavorting appears to have transformed into something altogether more cringeworthy: dad dancing.In a viral video captured at a Taylor Swift concert, the heir to the throne was filmed with
  
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• The surprising psychology behind extremism, and how politics is driving it – podcast

  27-06-2024 06:00
  
  Psychologists usually expect ambivalence to be a driver of political apathy. But a new study appears to show a link between ambivalence in our views and the likelihood that we’ll support extremist actions. Madeleine Finlay speaks to the study’s co-author Richard Petty, professor of psychology at Ohio State University, to find out what pushes people to take extreme actions, how politics could be driving this behaviour and how it could be combated Continue reading...
  
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• AI Can Beat Undergraduate Students on Psychology Exams, Study Finds

  26-06-2024 13:19 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: BBC News - Top HeadlinesUniversity exams taken by fake students using artificial intelligence beat those by real students—and went undetected by graders 94% of the time—a new study has found. The investigation created 33 fictitious students and used the AI tool ChatGPT to generate answers to multiple undergraduate psychology exams. On average, the AI students' results were half a grade boundary higher than those of their real-life counterparts.
  
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• AI Can Beat College Students on Psychology Exams, Study Finds

  26-06-2024 13:19 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: BBC News - Top HeadlinesUniversity exams taken by fake students using artificial intelligence beat those by real students—and went undetected by graders 94% of the time—a new study has found. The investigation created 33 fictitious students and used the AI tool ChatGPT to generate answers to multiple undergraduate psychology exams. On average, the AI students' results were half a grade boundary higher than those of their real-life counterparts.
  
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• Biden Pardons Veterans Convicted Under U.S. Military's Ban on Gay Sex

  26-06-2024 13:18 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google News - HealthPresident Joe Biden pardoned potentially thousands of former U.S. service members convicted of violating a now-repealed military ban on consensual gay sex, saying Wednesday that he is "righting an historic wrong" to clear the way for them to regain lost benefits. Those covered by the pardon will be able to petition to have their discharges from the military upgraded and move to recover lost pay and employment benefits.
  
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• Anxious about money? Five financial therapists share their advice

  25-06-2024 18:00
  
  Money is emotional. Financial therapists can help make sense of these feelings, from budget plans to money scriptsNot many people seem to feel happy about their financial lives right now. In the US, 63% of Americans cited money as a “significant stressor” in their lives, according to the American Psychological Association’s 2023 Stress in America report. Among those aged 18 to 34, that number went up to 82%. In the UK, a November 2023 poll found that a third of adults had felt
  
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• First Child Brain Implant for Epilepsy Appears Successful

  25-06-2024 16:59 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google News - HealthA groundbreaking implantable device has significantly reduced the frequency and severity of seizures in a child with severe epilepsy, according to a new UK clinical trial. The rechargeable device, attached to the skull, delivers constant electrical stimulation that targets the thalamus—a hub for electrical signals in the brain—allowing patients to experience dramatic improvements in quality of life.
  
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